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Photocopy letter from John Abercromby to Isaac Bayley Balfour
Part of George Forrest Collection
Photocopy of letter sent by John Abercromby, Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland to Isaac Bayley Balfour, dated 21 June 1903; Asks if Balfour knows of any person or society wanting a collector of botanical specimens abroad. Recommends ‘a young fellow of the name of Forrest’ who looks ‘the right sort of man.’
Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour to George Forrest
Part of George Forrest Collection
Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour to George Forrest dated 03 September 1903 inviting Forrest to come to the Garden on 7 September. Assistant in the Herbarium will give him instructions as to work.
• Letter to Dr. Robert Wright regarding Orchids, dated 8 Sep.1832
•Copy of a typed letter [for I.B.B] from Dr. Masters, regarding having a memoir of Lindley prefacing one of ‘their’ volumes of the Annals of Botany (21 Jun 1903)
Lindley, John
Farrer written material, box 8; Farrer's plays and poems
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Box 8: Plays / Dramas by Reginald Farrer, including 'La Reine des Perses' [in French], 20/03/1895, includes poem 'Hymn to Astarte Syriaca', 10/06/1895; 'The Martyr', 25/09/1903-05/10/1903; 'The House of Stark' - various drafts; 'Hearts and Diamonds' - just last Act, but includes Farrer's illustration of 'Lady C'; and 'The Spanish Duchess'.
Farrer Family
Letter from John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Campbeltown, to Isaac Bayley Balfour
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
Letter of permission for Sikkim pass
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Letter from George Forrest to Isaac Bayley Balfour
Part of George Forrest Collection
Letter from George Forrest to Isaac Bayley Balfour dated 17 August 1903, asking if there has been ‘something definite regarding the situation we spoke of when I called on you’.
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
Two photocopied letters between Claridge Druce and Bayley Balfour regarding Druce’s account of Don and the suggestion that it be published in the Notes of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. February-March 1903.
